Stock Market Down 0.14% on Sell-off in FBN Holdings, 17 Others

Trading activities in the stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) yesterday depreciated by 0.14 per cent, following investors sell-off in FBN Holdings (FBNH) and 17 others stocks.
In summary, the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) declined by 76.90 basis points or 0.14 per cent to close at 53,193.98 basis points from 53,270.88 basis points it opened for trading.
Similarly, the overall market capitalization value lost N42 billion to close at N28.677 trillion from N28.719trillion it close for trading the previous day.
Consequently, the stock market in its Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date gains moderated to 0.4per cent and 24.5per cent, respectively.
Sectoral performance was mixed as the Insurance index depreciated by 1.8per cent and Banking Index down by 0.9per cent, while the Industrial Goods and Oil & Gas indices closed flat. The Consumer Goods index added 0.1 per cent, the sole gainer yesterday.
Market breadth closed negative as 18 stocks lost relative to 16 gainers. Caverton Offshore Support Group recorded the highest price gain of 7.34 per cent to close at N1.17, per share.
FTN Cocoa processors followed with a gain 5.88 per cent to close at 36 kobo, while Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) gained 5.69 per cent to close at N1.30, per share.
Cutix appreciated by 4.98 per cent to close at N2.74, while Linkage Assurance  gained 3.70 per cent to close at 56 kobo, per share. On the other hand, Champion Breweries led the losers’ chart by 9.79 per cent to close at N3.50, per share. Cornerstone Insurance followed with a decline of 9.68 per cent to close at 56 kobo, while eTranzact International shed 9.67 per cent to close at N2.71,  per share.
NEM Insurance shed 8.33 per cent to close at N3.85, while Japaul Gold and Ventures depreciated by 6.25 per cent to close at 30 kobo, per share.
Meanwhile the total volume of trades rose slightly by 6.11 per cent to 248.959 million units, valued at N1.861 billion, and exchanged in 4,265 deals. Transactions in the shares of Transcorp topped the activity chart with 103.558 million shares valued at N131.251 million. Fidelity Bank followed with 24.810 million shares worth N80.206 million, while FBNH traded 12.518 million shares valued at N130.627 million.
Japaul Gold and Ventures traded 10.349 million shares valued at N3.120 million, while Chams transacted 7.812 million shares worth N1.877 million.
On market outlook, analysts at GTI Securities Limited said “The stock market closed positively, as bargain hunting was seen in all the major sectors. We expect cautious trading to continue.”

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